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Medical advances in cancer, heart disease, AIDS and numerous other diseases demonstrate a 1:1 correlation between research funding and cures. Your donation brings us one step closer to curing addiction.

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Understanding how an individual’s unique genetic wiring makes them predisposed to substance use disorders helps create protocols to counter or avoid the influence.

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Addiction is a multi-faceted problem that requires a multi-disciplined approach to a cure. You help fund a unique research lab network that combines brain, genetics and psychological advanced research.

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While cancer, heart disease and other challenging health conditions garner significant private funding support (> $1B), there are virtually no private funding sources for addiction research. We need to change that so we can accelerate the drive to cures.

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OUR SOLE FOCUS IS TO FUND RESEARCH AIMED AT FINDING A CURE FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDICTION. THROUGH YOUR GENEROSITY, OUR GRANTS HELP RESEARCHERS EXPLORE PROMISING AVENUES AND ADDRESS CHALLENGES TO FIND CURES TO THIS WIDESPREAD AND GROWING DISEASE.

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Dr. Scott Swartzwelder, Duke University

Dr. Danielle Dick, Rutgers University

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Patrick Kennedy: Addiction, Public Health Policy and More

ARI founder Gene Barduson hosts former Congressman Patrick Kennedy to discuss the changes needed in perceptions and public health policy to help combat the crisis we face with substance addiction.

Dr. Danielle M. Dick: An Integrated Approach to Addiction Research

Gene Barduson welcomes Dr. Danielle Dick, Director of the Addiction Research Center, part of the Brain Health Institute at Rutgers University, who shares her center’s tools, advances and approach in addiction research.

Dr. Scott Swartzwelder: Is there a cure?

Dr. Scott Swartzwelder joins ARI founder Gene Barduson to discuss Scott’s research into brain mechanisms that underlie addiction and the social and biomedical factors that contribute to substance use disorders.

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WHEN I FIRST GOT INTO THE ADDICTION & NEUROSCIENCE FIELD 40 YEARS AGO AS A CLINICIAN AND SCIENTIST, I USED TO THINK A CURE FOR ADDICTION WAS PIE-IN-THE-SKY. NOW I THINK IT IS INEVITABLE.

Scott Swartzwelder, Ph.D

Chief Researcher Advisor
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Addiction Research Articles

Patrick Kennedy Tackles Mental Health Stigma In New Book
Sep 12, 2024

Patrick Kennedy Tackles Mental Health Stigma In New Book

A collection of twelve personal stories involving mental health struggles and addiction. Kennedy and Fried strive to make sure that…

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Researchers may have just discovered a cure for alcoholism, study finds
Jan 08, 2024

Researchers may have just discovered a cure for alcoholism, study finds

Every year, countless families are devastated by alcohol addiction, with the tendrils of this affliction wrapping around millions of lives,…

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Is It Too Soon To Start Talking about a Cure for Addiction?
Oct 16, 2023

Is It Too Soon To Start Talking about a Cure for Addiction?

Our country remains in the grips of an opioid crisis claiming more than 100,000 lives every year. Rising mortality associated…

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